Is There a Better Way to Deal With Social Pain?

The brain processes rejection like a painful physical injury, say a kidney stone. Could the same drugs we take to stop physical discomfort also protect us from social hurt? What if you sort of prescribed pain medicine for people who had social pain? Wouldn't that be hilarious? We never thought it would work, so we never ran that study. But naomi and matt's findings do provide an existence proof that there are ways to turn off the pain of rejection. In fact, we'll talk to a scientist who's come up with a host of simple strategies we can use to fight our heartaches and feel better.